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Electric vehicles pass tipping point in much of Europe: lifetime cost matches petrol cars (www.beuc.eu)

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Electric cars have crossed lifetime cost parity with petrol vehicles across much of Europe. In the used-car market they now have the lowest total cost of ownership.

Newer models even match petrol cars in estimated lifespan, that's something early EVs could not claim.

This study shows that any new electric vehicle sold today will bring financial benefits to its second and third owner. New electric cars registered now will deliver between €262 and €849/year savings for their future second and third owners compared to an equivalent petrol car.

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[–] Asetru@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is nonsense and reads like a petrol industry propaganda post to deter people from buying an EV now because they only might get good in the future.

For both our cars, degradation is not an issue, and both are first or second gen EVs, with the smaller one not even having a battery cooling system. People are not returning car batteries, just because they last so much longer than anticipated and because once you got used to EVs you realise that battery degradation is not an issue for everyday driving.

It's not a problem that'll be solved in the future, it's not an issue right now. Don't scare people off by repeating fossil fuel industry propaganda.

[–] MartianRecon@lemmus.org 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not repeating propaganda. I'm repeating my personal concern. Like I said, I'm a motorcyclist. I know that batteries in general, can degrade over time, and it's something that I personally rank on my list of concerns.

I'm fine driving a bike still for the time being. Don't get so self-defensive, dude.

[–] ChairmanMeow@programming.dev 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Ask yourself why you think it concerns you. Because car battery degradation is genuinely so minimal there's no real concern at all.